An entertaining video providing an introduction to young people about sexual health and awareness, dispelling myths about conception and contraception, sexually transmitted infections. It combines segments from two multi-award winning videos created by psychologist EVE ASH:
Close Encounters of The Sexual Kind (1986) and Contraception - Ready or Not (1985)
Awards include:
- Gold Award - British Medical Association Video Competition
- Bronze Medal - New York Industrial Film & TV Festival
Contraception is a short entertaining video providing an introduction to young people about sexual health and awareness. An excellent discussion starter for 10+ year old students.
It features Australian comedy actors - Gil Tucker (presents facts, dispels myths and interviews teenagers on the street), Julie McGregor (Plays an ovum waiting for a sperm) and Simon Thorpe (plays a sperm looking for an ovum).
Covers a range of points through documentary, graphics and comedy segments:
- Contraception - covers myths
- 4 in 10 teenagers get pregnant
- Types of contraception
- How pregnancy begins
- Ovum and sperm scenes
- Why use contraception or not
- Visiting a health centre
- Sexually transmitted infections
- safe sex
Designed as a trigger for discussion around sexual awareness, safe sex, pregnancy, fertilisation, contraception, male and female reproductive systems and sexually transmitted infections.
DVD with segments to trigger discussion
For use with upper primary and lower secondary schools - early teens. High schools and secondary schools, for sexual health lessons.
- Youth
- DVD
- English
- Drama
- Comedy
- Documentary
- Animation